Landscapers — what’s your 2nd most used lens?

[Heroique]

So many landscape photographers, so many unique needs – yet if pressed about our most-used lens, a HUGE number of us will say 90, 135, or 150. And all the skilled photographers around here frequently recommend the same lenses to beginners as a first lens.

Let’s add a twist to this question, and have some fun :

What’s your 2nd most used lens, and why? Which one is your best “second stringer”?

Or, imagine you possess only your favorite lens – what would your next lens be?

Yes, of course we know that “it depends,” so let us know what it depends on. Maybe the type of landscape you’re in – desert, forest, seashore – determines what your 2nd most used lens is. Or maybe it depends less on the setting, and more on the angles of view you’d want your two most “popular” lenses to cover.

Very often, my answer is the tiny 150 g-claron – this is principally for less weight, since I climb a lot of mountains where every ounce makes a physical & psychological difference! (My first-stringer 110 would go with me no matter its weight.)

So many ways to answer this question, so let us know more about your personal situation…

[eric black]

I guess a 110 SS-XL would be the first lens I wouldnt go without. I seem to be using a 300mm Nikkor M almost as much though so I guess it would be the one.

[timparkin]

Schneider 110XL first and then Fuji 240A - I'd really like to use my 150 more but I end up with these two .. after that it's the 150

[konakoa]

400mm f/5.6 Tele-Xenar. Fantastic lens for concentrating on details in big open landscapes. Really nice for getting close to and isolating details in nearer objects too, like fall leaves on trees.

[Jeffrey Sipress]

I really don't understand the point of this question.

[Heroique]

400mm f/5.6 Tele-Xenar. Fantastic lens for concentrating on details in big open landscapes. Really nice for getting close to and isolating details in nearer objects too, like fall leaves on trees.

Now this is a common situation in my hikes – After finishing with my 110, I could put a 400mm to great use as a 2nd lens in the mountains.

Even more so than a 65, 75, or 80.

Its weight would be on my mind, but I’ve especially missed its power to isolate nearby details, and keep them within a restricted context. Like the fall leaves you mention, or a mossy log encircled by swirling rapids.

[Lachlan 717]

I really don't understand the point of this question.

I took it as simply the OP trying to decide what to add to his/her single lens set-up.

[Vaughn]

On 8x10, after the FujiW 300/5.6, the next most used is a Graphic Raptar 210mm (barrel), then the 19" RD Artar (barrel).

On 5x7, after the Computar Symmetrigon 210/6.3, the next will be the Wollie Ex Wide 6.25"/12.5 as soon as I get it on the right size board.

On 4x5 I just have the Caltar IIN 150/5.6

[Mark Sampson]

on 4x5- a Nikkor-M 300/9. I'd like to have a 500/11 Nikkor-T but I've done ok without one so far.

[Bill_1856]

That's a tough one. Probably the 135?